The Railway King
Tommy Johnson came to see us, In his gaudy gilded car, With a mien so high and haughty Thought it was the blooming Czar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1909
184 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 10
That Railway Survey
The local F&S Associ[?] has received another[?] tape communication from the Department re [?] sham[?] neglect in making the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Emotions Beneath a Train
Describing his feelings as he lay between the metals while a goods train, which had knocked him down, passed over his body, John Hughes, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway to Tottenham
The Hon Secretary of the Totten ham Railway League, Mr F, C. Fowler, has received definite Information from the member of district Hon A, J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rail And Tram. Large Gains
An increase of £7,758 has to be recorded in the railway receipts of the State for the week ended 13 inst. as compared with the corresponding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Coast Railway
While the railway system of this State was yet a small affair, before even the twin lines extended past Maitland, a body of public spirited…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cross-Countiy Railway
A telegram from Coonabarabran says that the question of a crosscountry railway connecting the Northern, north western and western…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Chaffeur. Professional Lady Motor Driver
The lady chauffeur has arrived. We have had lady lawyers, lady doctors. lady porters, and lady barbers, but the fair maid who dons a big coat and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway to the Editor
SIR.--In your last issue I notice that your reporter credits " a few public spirited men of Stroud " with being the first advocates and originators of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North Coast Railway. Part 2
Matters being in complete readiness for the commencement of the job, nothing remained but to call for tenders for the work. This was done at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parkes Railway League
A general meeting of the members of the Parkes Railway League was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening under the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sir Frederick Bridge. Some of His Witticisms
Sir Frederick Bridge is the subject of a paper in the January "Woman at Home," and the writer, Mr Matthew Cripps, gives some examples of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pera Bridge Where the World Goes By
Would that we might go Eastward, you and I, And stand again on Pera Bridge to see the world go by. At Pera all the nations meet;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Coast Railway. Part 3
The line, after crossing the river at Paterson, runs parallel with the river till it reaches Gostwyck Siding hard by the beautiful mansion that for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Statistics
We are indebted to Mr G. Koester, Stationmaster at. Condobolin for the following information regarding the business done at the local office during…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Journey. Old Memories Revived
Mr Edward Thomas writes in the "Daily Mail":— The railway carriage was nearly full of men reading the same newspapers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tunnel Tragedy. London Diamond Merchant. Found Dead on the Midland Railway
A mulitated body found in Corby tunnel, on the Midland Railway, between Kettering and Gretton, late on Tuesday night (January 5) has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Journey. Old Memories Revived
Mr Edward Thomas writes in the "Daily Mail":— The railway carriage was nearly full of men reading the same newspapers,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bicycle Road Race
A TEN-MILE road race was run on Wednesday under the [?]auspices of the Grenfell Bicycle Club, the course being along the Bimhi road to the five-mile peg and back…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Over the Ice. Mr Mikkelsen's Tramp
For a man who has tramped 3000 miles by himself along the verge of the Arctic seas, for a long way by moonlight, living on dog-flesh when other…
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